Alert archive / Colorado / 2012
Weather alerts in Colorado, January 2012
53 weather alerts in January 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in January 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 53
- Warnings
- 19
- Watches
- 11
- Advisories
- 23
- Busiest day
- January 20, 201215 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 3:15 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GJT | Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa, Moffat and 4 more | 47 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:37 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, El Paso, Lake, Saguache, Teller | 47 hr |
| Jan 10, 1:52 PM MST | Wind Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 27 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:39 AM MST | Wind Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 13 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:17 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 13 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:04 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 56 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:33 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more | 56 hr |
| Jan 15, 1:49 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 4 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:36 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand and 6 more | 36 hr |
| Jan 17, 4:08 AM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 17, 5:41 AM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 3 hr |
| Jan 17, 8:53 AM MST | High Wind Watch | GJT | Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Moffat, Montrose and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 17, 9:57 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand and 6 more | 50 hr |
| Jan 17, 11:49 AM MST | High Wind Warning | GJT | Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Moffat, Montrose and 3 more | 39 hr |
| Jan 17, 11:49 AM MST | Wind Advisory | GJT | Archuleta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma and 4 more | 39 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:46 PM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more | 43 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:44 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GJT | Moffat, Routt | 31 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:44 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GJT | Eagle, Garfield, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt | 31 hr |
| Jan 18, 1:57 PM MST | Blizzard Warning | GJT | Eagle, Garfield, Pitkin | 14 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:49 PM MST | Blizzard Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 18 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:49 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Grand, Jackson | 20 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:44 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Lake, Saguache | 18 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:38 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Jan 19, 8:12 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Boulder, Grand, Jackson, Larimer | 15 hr |
| Jan 19, 9:16 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GJT | Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Mesa and 7 more | 19 hr |
| Jan 19, 9:16 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GJT | Moffat, Routt | 14 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:30 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 11 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:31 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 20, 6:13 AM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 20, 11:26 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 48 hr |
| Jan 20, 11:26 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Grand, Jackson, Summit | 43 hr |
| Jan 20, 11:30 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson and 4 more | 28 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:08 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 37 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:34 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 41 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:34 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Lake | 41 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:48 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 12 more | 44 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:48 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, La Plata and 7 more | 41 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:50 PM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:51 AM MST | Wind Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 12 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:28 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick and 2 more | 26 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:20 PM MST | High Wind Watch | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:20 PM MST | Wind Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:39 PM MST | High Wind Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 18 hr |
| Jan 22, 8:32 AM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 8 hr |
| Jan 23, 4:23 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata and 6 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:20 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande | 19 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:01 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Lake, Saguache | 46 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:09 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GJT | Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Mesa and 7 more | 47 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:44 PM MST | Wind Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 27 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:05 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Grand, Jackson | 13 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:17 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Yuma | 11 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:51 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 16 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:42 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 20 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 6 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 16 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 9 |
| High Wind Watch | 5 |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 2 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Yuma County12
- Gunnison County11
- Moffat County11
- Montrose County11
- Kit Carson County11
- Delta County10
- Garfield County10
- Routt County10
- Grand County10
- Jackson County10
- Eagle County9
- Rio Blanco County9
- Chaffee County9
- Lake County9
- Saguache County9
- Cheyenne County9
- Pitkin County8
- San Miguel County8
- Boulder County8
- Larimer County8
- Mesa County7
- Hinsdale County7
- Ouray County7
- Clear Creek County7
- Gilpin County7
- Jefferson County7
- Park County7
- Summit County7
- Archuleta County6
- Dolores County6
- La Plata County6
- Montezuma County6
- El Paso County5
- Teller County5
- San Juan County5
- Conejos County4
- Mineral County4
- Rio Grande County4
- Douglas County4
- Costilla County4
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.